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Re: Using "pcase" as part of names is inhelpful.


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: Using "pcase" as part of names is inhelpful.
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 15:01:13 -0800
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On 12/09/2017 02:35 PM, John Wiegley wrote:
RS> We could use 'plet' and 'plambda'. Or 'pattern-let' and 'pattern-lambda'.

I prefer the latter two, and agree that pcase-let is inaccurately named.

Racket uses the names "match-let" and "match-lambda", which are clear and would save eyeballs a bit compared to "pattern-let" and "pattern-lambda".

https://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/match.html




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